Community.General Release Notes

This changelog describes changes after version 12.0.0.

v13.1.0

Release Summary

Regular bugfix and feature release.

Minor Changes

• consul_kv lookup plugin - add empty_value option to control what is returned for null Consul values (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11039, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12120).

• dnf_config_manager - lookup path to the dnf binary in PATH. It used to be fixed to /usr/bin/dnf (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12219).

• filesystem - adds GFS2 support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12285).

• keycloak_realm - add max_secondary_auth_failures parameter to configure brute force detection for secondary authentication mechanisms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12087).

• slack - added support for uploading files to channels and threads using the new Slack WebAPI (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12032).

• sudoers - add defaults parameter to allow specifying Defaults directives scoped to the user or group in the generated sudoers file (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12186).

• xbps - include stdout and stderr from the last executed command in module output (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2478, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12234).

• xenserver_guest_info - add VDI uuid and vdi_type (VHD/QCOW2) fields to disk info output (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11998, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12119).

Bugfixes

• aix_devices - fix chdev command failures being incorrectly reported as successful results, now properly fails the task when device attribute changes cannot be applied (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12185).

• composer - the --working-dir option is now always placed first on the command line, before the subcommand, to ensure consistent behavior across all composer commands (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5204, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12084).

• composer - use file checksum to determine changed status when command=config, instead of relying on the command return output. The module now compares SHA256 checksums of relevant configuration files (composer.json, auth.json, or their global equivalents) before and after running the command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12084).

• counter_enabled callback - fix missing output for looped tasks, including tasks using delegate_to (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8187, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12067).

• dnf_config_manager - fix incompatibility with DNF5. The module was crashing on systems with DNF5 due to CLI changes since DNF4 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9127, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12206).

• filesystem - handle BusyBox blkid output to correctly detect existing filesystems on systems like Alpine Linux (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7283, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12235).

• filetree lookup plugin - raise AnsibleLookupError when the exclude option contains an invalid regular expression instead of an uncaught re.error (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12140).

• htpasswd - fix hash_scheme aliases and Apache-compatible bcrypt hashes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6135, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12123).

• incus connection plugin - improve Windows PowerShell argv handling by stripping wrapper quotes from payload arguments for -enc, -encodedcommand, -command, -c, -file and -f (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/12161, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12158).

• incus connection plugin - return stdout/stderr as bytes instead of strings to restore compatibility with ansible-core 2.21 module execution (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/12161, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12158).

• java_cert - detect silent keytool failures by verifying the import outcome after the command exits with rc=0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6685, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12238).

• java_cert - fix NullPointerException when importing from a PKCS12 file with a password on Java 8 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3023, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12151).

• launchd - fix restarted and reloaded states always reporting changed=False (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6199, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12122).

• lxc_container - fix create_script to accept a single tuple argument, resolving a TypeError that silently prevented container_command from being executed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11360, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12106).

• opkg - correctly set executable search path (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12182).

• pamd - handle non-PAM lines such as authselect template directives without crashing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5850, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12137).

• parted - ignore MBR partition type codes (for example type=8e) reported as flags by some parted builds (for example on SUSE), which cannot be managed via the set command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6292, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12121).

• portage - fix depclean: true crashing with AnsibleModule.fail_json() missing 1 required positional argument: 'msg' instead of reporting the actual emerge failure (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12168).

• redfish_config - fix KeyError: 'ret' when SetManagerNic cannot find a matching NIC (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5892, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12124).

• udm_dns_record - normalize IPv6 addresses in data to expanded form to fix idempotency (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/317, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12149).

• unixy callback - handle missing ansible_host in delegated vars when a task is delegated to a host without it set, such as localhost (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/12112, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12113).

• xenserver_guest_info - use fallback chain for determining VDI format from sm_config keys image-format, vdi_type, type, defaulting to raw (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12119, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12215).

• xml - preserve DOCTYPE declaration when writing modified XML files (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2762, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12148).

• zypper_repository - fix enabled, autorefresh, and gpgcheck module parameters being overridden by values read from a .repo file (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8783, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12022).

New Plugins

Filter

• community.general.from_toml - Convert TOML string into dictionary.

New Modules

• community.general.gitlab_project_approvals - Manage project-level merge request approvals settings on GitLab Server.

• community.general.golang_package - Manage Go packages with go install.

• community.general.google_chat - Send Google Chat notifications.

• community.general.keycloak_clientscope_rolemappings - Allows administration of Keycloak clientscope scope mappings to restrict the usage of certain roles to specific clientscopes.

• community.general.keycloak_realm_users_info - Retrieve users from a Keycloak realm using the Keycloak API.

• community.general.kopia_repository - Manage Kopia repository.

• community.general.kopia_repository_info - Gather information about a Kopia repository.

v13.0.1

Release Summary

Bugfix release for inclusion in Ansible 14.0.0rc1.

Minor Changes

• homebrew_services - replace NamedTuple with dataclass (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12094).

• one_service - replace function-local namedtuple with module-level dataclass (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12094).

• one_vm - replace function-local namedtuple with module-level dataclass (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12094).

• opennebula inventory plugin - replace function-local namedtuple with module-level dataclass (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12094).

• pacman - replace namedtuple with dataclass for VersionTuple (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12094).

Bugfixes

• iptables_state - refactor code to avoid unnecessary unused variables and improve internal state handling (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12093).

• nmcli - fix check/diff reporting changes for bond arp_interval and arp_ip_target options when they are already configured (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11588, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12085).

• nmcli - fix incorrectly reports diff for bond connections when mtu is unset and NetworkManager reports no explicit MTU value (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12085).

• snap - enforce snap refresh --hold after installing at a specific revision (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/12088, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12097).

v13.0.0

Release Summary

This is release 13.0.0 of community.general, released on 2026-05-18.

Minor Changes

• ModuleHelper module utils - allow to ignore specific exceptions in module_fails_on_exception decorator (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11488).

• The last code included in the collection that was licensed under the PSF 2.0 license was removed form the collection. This means that now all code is either GPLv3+ licensed, MIT licensed, or BSD-2-clause licensed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11232).

• _mount module utils - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).

• _stormssh module utils - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).

• a_module test plugin - add proper parameter checking and type hints (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11167).

• aerospike_migrations - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).

• aix_filesystem - improve code by using native Python construct (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11215).

• ali_instance - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).

• alicloud_ecs module utils - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11341).

• android_sdk - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11343).

• ansible_galaxy_install - add parameter executable (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7261, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11646).

• ansible_type plugin utils - add type hints (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11167).

• ansible_type test plugin - add type hints (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11167).

• api module utils - use Python-defined constants for HTTP return codes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11561).

• apk - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).

• apt_rpm - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).

• apt_rpm - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).

• archive - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11343).

• atomic_container - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11102).

• atomic_container modules - replace % templating with f-strings or format() (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).

• atomic_host - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• atomic_image - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• atomic_image modules - replace % templating with f-strings or format() (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).

• awall - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).

• beadm - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).

• bigpanda - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• binary_file lookup plugin - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).

• bitbucket module utils - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11112).

• bitbucket module utils - use Python-defined constants for HTTP return codes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11561).

• bitbucket_access_key modules - replace % templating with f-strings or format() (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).

• bitbucket_pipeline_key_pair modules - replace % templating with f-strings or format() (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).

• bitbucket_pipeline_known_host - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11343).

• bitbucket_pipeline_known_host modules - replace % templating with f-strings or format() (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).

• bitbucket_pipeline_variable modules - replace % templating with f-strings or format() (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).

• btrfs module utils - make execution of external commands safer by passing arguments as list (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11240).

• campfire - minor code cleanup (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11908).

• chef_databag lookup plugin - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).

• chroot connection plugin - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11341).

• chroot connection plugin - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).

• circonus_annotation - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11102).

• cloudflare_dns - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).

• cmd_runner module utils - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11097).

• cobbler inventory plugin - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).

• cobbler inventory plugin - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11341).

• cobbler_sync - minor code cleanup (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11879).

• cobbler_sync - remove conditional code handling SSL for unsupported versions of Python (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11078).

• cobbler_sync - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11105).

• cobbler_system - minor code cleanup (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11879).

• cobbler_system - remove conditional code handling SSL for unsupported versions of Python (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11078).

• cobbler_system - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11105).

• collection_version lookup plugin - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).

• composer - add force parameter; when command=create-project, the module now checks whether a composer.json already exists in working_dir and skips the command if so, making the task idempotent. Set force=true to always run the command regardless (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/725, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11689).

• composer - improve code by using native Python construct (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11215).

• consul module utils - use Python-defined constants for HTTP return codes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11561, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11573).

• consul_kv - add ca_path option to specify a CA bundle for HTTPS connections (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11817).

• consul_kv lookup plugin - add ca_path option to specify a CA bundle for HTTPS connections (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2876, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11817).

• consul_kv lookup plugin - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).

• copr - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11343).

• counter filter plugin - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).

• credstash lookup plugin - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).

• cronvar - simplify handling unknown exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11340).

• cronvar - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11343).

• cronvar - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11097).

• crypttab - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).

• crypttab - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11343).

• csv module utils - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11112).

• csv module utils - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11097).

• cyberarkpassword lookup plugin - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).

• database module utils - improve code by using native Python construct (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11215).

• database module utils - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11097).

• datadog_event - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• datadog_monitor - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• datetime module utils - remove code for unsupported Python version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11048).

• dconf - add support for C(dbus-broker) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/495, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11772).

• dconf - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).

• decompress - minor code cleanup (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11908).

• dependent lookup plugin - improve templating of strings (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11189).

• dependent lookup plugin - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).

• deps module utils - change the internal representaion of dependency state (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11242).

• deps module utils - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11112).

• dig lookup plugin - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).

• dimensiondata_network - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11102).

• dimensiondata_network modules - replace % templating with f-strings or format() (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).

• dnf_config_manager - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).

• dnsimple_info - use Ansible construct to validate parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11052).

• dnstxt lookup plugin - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).

• doas become plugin - add new option allow_pipelining to explicitly allow the use of pipelining with this plugin. This should only be set to true with ansible-core 2.19+ when doas does not require a password (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11411, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11481).

• dsv lookup plugin - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).

• elastic callback plugin - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).

• elasticsearch_plugin - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11343).

• etcd3 lookup plugin - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).

• exceptions module utils - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11112).

• filesize - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11104).

• filesize - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11106).

• filesystem - migrate LVM.get_fs_size() to use CmdRunner, ensuring locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11888).

• flatpak - add new parameter from_url to install a flatpak from a .flatpakref URL (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4000, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11748).

• flatpak - improve code by using native Python construct (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11215).

• flatpak_remote - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11106).

• fqdn_valid test plugin - add proper parameter checking, and add type hints (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11167).

• from_csv filter plugin - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).

• from_ini filter plugin - add delimiters parameter to allow correctly parsing more INI documents (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11506, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11512).

• from_ini filter plugin - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).

• gandi_livedns - add support for diff mode, showing before and after state of DNS records (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4927, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11934).

• gandi_livedns_api module utils - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11112).

• gandi_livedns_api module utils - use Python-defined constants for HTTP return codes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11561).

• gem - add override_platform_install_dir option to work around OS-injected platform install dir defaults on distributions such as Fedora (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3259, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11873).

• gem - refactor module to use CmdRunner (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11733).

• github_app_access_token lookup plugin - use Python-defined constants for HTTP return codes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11561).

• github_app_access_token lookup plugin - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).

• gitlab_group - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11343).

• gitlab_group_access_token - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).

• gitlab_group_members - improve code by using native Python construct (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11215).

• gitlab_issue - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11343).

• gitlab_merge_request - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11343).

• gitlab_project - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11343).

• gitlab_project_access_token - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).

• gitlab_project_members - improve code by using native Python construct (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11215).

• gitlab_runner - allow maximum timeout to be disabled by passing 0 to maximum_timeout (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11174).

• gitlab_runners inventory plugin - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).

• gitlab_user - add the sshkey_update_mode option to control whether same-name SSH keys are preserved, updated when unique, or deduplicated before replacement (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6516, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11996).

• grove - minor code cleanup (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11908).

• gunicorn - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11343).

• haproxy - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).

• hashids filter - replace % templating with f-strings or format() (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).

• hashids filter plugin - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).

• hg - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11106).

• hg - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).

• homebrew_services - remove various redundancies including dead state validation, unused return values, and unnecessary locale environment variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11839).

• homebrew_tap - avoid redundant brew tap calls when processing multiple taps by fetching the tap list once upfront (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11848).

• hpilo_info - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).

• hpilo_info - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• htpasswd - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• htpasswd - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11343).

• hwc_ecs_instance - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).

• hwc_utils module utils - improve code by using native Python construct (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11215).

• hwc_utils module utils - use Python-defined constants for HTTP return codes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11561, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11573).

• hwc_utils module utils - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11097).

• hwc_vpc_port - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).

• ibm_sa_utils module utils - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11112).

• icinga2 inventory plugin - use Python-defined constants for HTTP return codes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11561, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11573).

• icinga2 inventory plugin - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).

• icinga2_host - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).

• identity.keycloak.keycloak module utils - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11097).

• idrac_redfish_command - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11110).

• idrac_redfish_command - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).

• idrac_redfish_config - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• idrac_redfish_config - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11102).

• idrac_redfish_config - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11110).

• idrac_redfish_config - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).

• idrac_redfish_info - add multiple manager support to GetManagerAttributes command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11294).

• idrac_redfish_info - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11110).

• idrac_redfish_info - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).

• ilo_redfish_command - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11110).

• ilo_redfish_command - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).

• ilo_redfish_config - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11110).

• ilo_redfish_config - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).

• imc_rest - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11343).

• imc_rest modules - replace % templating with f-strings or format() (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).

• incus connection plugin - add support for Windows virtual machines (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11199).

• incus connection plugin - improve code readability (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11346).

• incus connection plugin - simplify regular expression matching commands (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11347).

• incus inventory plugin - add support for constructing project-independent FQDNs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11555).

• infinity - consolidate double and triple whitespaces (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11029).

• influxdb_query - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• influxdb_user - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).

• influxdb_user - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• influxdb_write - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• ini_file - minor code cleanup (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11908).

• ini_file - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11343).

• interfaces_file - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11343).

• iocage inventory plugin - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).

• ip_netns - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11104).

• ip_netns - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11105).

• ip_netns - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11106).

• ipa module utils - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11112).

• ipa module utils - use Python-defined constants for HTTP return codes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11561).

• ipa module utils - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11097).

• ipa_config - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• ipa_dnsrecord - add exclusive parameter to allow appending values to existing records without replacing them (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/682, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11694).

• ipa_dnsrecord - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• ipa_dnszone - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• ipa_group - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• ipa_hbacrule - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• ipa_host - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• ipa_hostgroup - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• ipa_otpconfig - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• ipa_otptoken - consolidate double and triple whitespaces (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11029).

• ipa_otptoken - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• ipa_pwpolicy - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• ipa_pwpolicy - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11106).

• ipa_role - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• ipa_service - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• ipa_subca - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11104).

• ipa_sudocmd - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• ipa_sudocmdgroup - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• ipa_sudorule - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• ipa_user - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• ipa_vault - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• iptables_state - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11343).

• iptables_state action plugin - add type hints (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11167).

• irc - use proper boolean value in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11076).

• iso_create - add boot_options parameter to support creating bootable ISOs using El Torito boot records (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1685, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11991).

• iso_customize - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11106).

• jail connection plugin - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11341).

• jail connection plugin - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).

• java_cert - support proxy authentication when https_proxy environment variable includes credentials (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4126, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11753).

• jc filter plugin - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).

• jenkins_credential - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11343).

• jenkins_job - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).

• jenkins_job_info - remove conditional code handling SSL for unsupported versions of Python (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11078).

• jenkins_node - remove code for unsupported Python version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11048).

• jenkins_plugin - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11102).

• jenkins_plugin - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).

• jenkins_plugin - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11343).

• jenkins_plugin - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11097).

• jenkins_plugin modules - replace % templating with f-strings or format() (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).

• jenkins_script - move import statemetns to the top of the file (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11396).

• jenkins_script - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).

• jira - add cloud option to support Jira Cloud’s new search endpoint /rest/api/2/search/jql, since the legacy /rest/api/2/search endpoint has been removed on Jira Cloud (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10786, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11701).

• jira - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11104).

• jira - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).

• jira - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11097).

• jira - when cloud=true, user-type fields (assignee, reporter, and any listed in the new custom_user_fields parameter) containing an email address are automatically resolved to Jira Cloud account IDs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11734, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11735).

• json_query filter plugin - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).

• kdeconfig - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11343).

• keycloak module utils - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).

• keycloak module utils - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11112).

• keycloak module utils - use Python-defined constants for HTTP return codes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11561).

• keycloak module_utils - replace % templating with f-strings or format() (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).

• keycloak_authentication - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).

• keycloak_client - add valid_post_logout_redirect_uris option to configure post logout redirect URIs for a client, and backchannel_logout_url option to configure the backchannel logout URL for a client (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6812, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4892, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11473).

• keycloak_client_rolemapping - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).

• keycloak_client_rolemapping, keycloak_realm_rolemapping, keycloak_group - optimize retrieval of groups by name to use Keycloak search API with exact matching instead of fetching all groups (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11503).

• keycloak_component - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).

• keycloak_realm - add first_broker_login_flow parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11622).

• keycloak_realm - add webAuthnPolicyPasswordlessPasskeysEnabled parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11197).

• keycloak_realm - add support for localizationTexts option in Keycloak realms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11513).

• keycloak_realm_key - add support for auto-generated key providers (rsa-generated, rsa-enc-generated, hmac-generated, aes-generated, ecdsa-generated, ecdh-generated, eddsa-generated), java-keystore provider, additional algorithms (HMAC, ECDSA, ECDH, EdDSA, AES), and new config options (secret_size, key_size, elliptic_curve, keystore, keystore_password, key_alias, key_password). Also makes config.private_key and config.certificate optional as they are only required for imported key providers (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11468).

• keycloak_realm_key - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).

• keycloak_realm_rolemapping - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).

• keycloak_user_rolemapping - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).

• keycloak_userprofile - add support for selector option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11309).

• keycloak_userprofile - add support for additional user profile attribute-validations available in Keycloak (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9048, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11285).

• keycloak_userprofile - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).

• keys_filter plugin utils - minor code cleanup (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11908).

• keys_filter plugin_utils plugin - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).

• keys_filter.py plugin utils - add type hints (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11167).

• known_hosts module utils - improve code by using native Python construct (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11215).

• known_hosts module utils - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11341).

• layman - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11343).

• layman - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11097).

• ldap module utils - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11112).

• ldap_attrs - add binary_attributes and honor_binary parameters to handle binary attribute values (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11558).

• ldap_attrs - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11102).

• ldap_entry - add binary_attributes and honor_binary parameters to handle creating objects with attributes set to binary values (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11558).

• ldap_entry - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11102).

• ldap_inc - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11102).

• ldap_search - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11104).

• ldap_search - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11106).

• linode - move import statemetns to the top of the file (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11396).

• linode inventory plugin - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11341).

• linode inventory plugin - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).

• listen_ports_facts - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• listen_ports_facts - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11343).

• listen_ports_facts - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11097).

• lists filter plugin - minor code cleanup (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11908).

• lists_mergeby filter plugin - minor code cleanup (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11908).

• lldp - the module has been renamed to community.general.lldp_facts (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11980).

• lldp - the module now supports check mode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11980).

• lmdb_kv lookup plugin - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).

• locale_gen - extend the search for available locales to include /usr/local/share/i18n/SUPPORTED in Debian and Ubuntu systems (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10964, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11046).

• locale_gen - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11343).

• logentries - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).

• logentries callback plugin - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11341).

• logrotate - adds optional backup parameter to create a backup of the existing configuration file before writing changes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11764).

• logrotate - allow hourly logrotate (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11939).

• lookup plugin passwordstore - modernize internal check_output2() helper using subprocess.run() and rename it to run_backend_cmd() (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11655).

• lvg - migrate to CmdRunner, removing direct run_command calls and run_command_environ_update (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11835).

• lvm_pv - migrate to CmdRunner using shared runners from module_utils/_lvm (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11811).

• lvm_pv - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11343).

• lvol - migrate to CmdRunner (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11887).

• lxc connection plugin - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11341).

• lxc connection plugin - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).

• lxc_container - refactor function create_script, using subprocess.Popen(), to a new module_utils _lxc (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11204).

• lxc_container - use tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() instead of mkdtemp() (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11323).

• lxc_container - use shared LVM runners from _lvm module utils instead of direct run_command calls for LVM2 commands (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11920).

• lxca_cmms - minor code cleanup (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11908).

• lxca_nodes - minor code cleanup (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11908).

• lxd connection plugin - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).

• lxd inventory plugin - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11341).

• lxd inventory plugin - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).

• lxd module utils - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11112).

• lxd module utils - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11341).

• lxd module utils - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11097).

• lxd_container - improve code by using native Python construct (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11215).

• macports - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).

• mail - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).

• manageiq module utils - minor code cleanup (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11879).

• manageiq module utils - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11341).

• manageiq_alert_profiles - minor code cleanup (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11879).

• manageiq_alert_profiles - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11344).

• manageiq_alerts - minor code cleanup (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11879).

• mattermost, rocketchat, slack - update default icon_url to ansible favicon (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11909).

• maven_artifact - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).

• memset module utils - use Python-defined constants for HTTP return codes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11561).

• merge_variables - extend type detection failure message to allow users for easier failure debugging (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11107).

• merge_variables lookup plugin - extended merging capabilities added (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11536).

• merge_variables lookup plugin - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).

• modprobe - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• modprobe - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11344).

• monit - add monit_version return value also when the module has succeeded (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11255).

• monit - use Enum to represent the possible states (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11245).

• mssql_db - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11344).

• nagios - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11344).

• net_tools.pritunl.api module utils - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11097).

• netcup_dns - support diff mode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11376).

• nmap inventory plugin - add skip_host_discovery option to skip nmap host discovery phase (-Pn) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7893, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11955).

• nmap inventory plugin - added set_name_variable option to control whether the name variable is set for each host, allowing users to avoid the “Found variable using reserved name” warning while maintaining backward compatibility (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11893, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11766).

• nmap inventory plugin - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).

• nmcli - add idempotency check (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11114).

• nmcli - add support for IPv6 routing rules (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7094, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11413).

• nmcli - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).

• nmcli - fix comparison of type (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11121).

• nmcli - fix idempotency for MAC VLAN interfaces when using macvlan.tap (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11551).

• nmcli module - add vxlan_parent option required for multicast vxlan_remote addresses; add vxlan to list of bridgeable devices (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11182).

• nmcli modules - replace % templating with f-strings or format() (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).

• nomad_job - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• nomad_job - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11106).

• nomad_job - use _nomad module utils for common Nomad connection logic (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7688, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11957).

• nomad_job_info - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• nomad_job_info - use _nomad module utils for common Nomad connection logic (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7688, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11957).

• nomad_token - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• nomad_token - use _nomad module utils for common Nomad connection logic (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7688, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11957).

• nosh - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11106).

• nosh - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11344).

• nsupdate - add timeout parameter to control the DNS query timeout (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9906, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12012).

• nsupdate - add support for server FQDN and the GSS-TSIG key algorithm (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5730, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11425).

• nsupdate - replace list(map(...)) constructs with Python comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11590).

• nsupdate modules plugin - replace aliased errors with proper Python error (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11391).

• ocapi_command - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11106).

• ocapi_command - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11110).

• ocapi_info - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11106).

• ocapi_utils module utils - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11112).

• ocapi_utils module utils - use Python-defined constants for HTTP return codes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11561).

• oci_utils module utils - improve code by using native Python construct (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11215).

• oci_utils module utils - improve templating of strings (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11189).

• oci_utils module utils - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11341).

• oci_utils module utils - use Python-defined constants for HTTP return codes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11561).

• omapi_host - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11344).

• one_image - move import statemetns to the top of the file (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11396).

• one_image_info - move import statemetns to the top of the file (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11396).

• one_service - move import statemetns to the top of the file (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11396).

• one_vm - move import statemetns to the top of the file (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11396).

• one_vm - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11344).

• oneandone_firewall_policy - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).

• oneandone_load_balancer - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).

• oneandone_monitoring_policy - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).

• oneandone_private_network - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).

• oneandone_server - replace % templating with f-strings or format() (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11231).

• oneandone_server modules - mark % templating as noqa (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).

• onepassword - add support for op:// secret references in the OnePassword lookup plugin (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7586, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11958).

• onepassword lookup plugin - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).

• onepassword_info - execute external commands using Ansible construct (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11193).

• onepassword_info - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11102).

• onepassword_info - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).

• oneview module utils - minor code cleanup (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11879).

• oneview module utils - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11112).

• oneview_san_manager - minor code cleanup (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11879).

• online inventory plugin - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).

• online module utils - use Python-defined constants for HTTP return codes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11561).

• opendj_backendprop - refactor to use CmdRunner (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11728).

• opendj_backendprop - use Ansible construct to perform check for external commands (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11072).

• opennebula inventory plugin - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11341).

• opennebula inventory plugin - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).

• opentelemetry callback plugin - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).

• osx_defaults - add support for dict type values, including dict_mode option to merge keys into an existing dictionary (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/238, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11659).

• osx_defaults - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11097).

• packet_device - minor code cleanup (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11879).

• packet_device - replace % templating with f-strings or format() (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11231).

• packet_device modules - mark % templating as noqa (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).

• packet_ip_subnet - minor code cleanup (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11879).

• packet_ip_subnet - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11097).

• packet_project - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11106).

• packet_sshkey - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11097).

• packet_volume - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11106).

• packet_volume - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).

• pacman - add root, cachedir, and config options to support installing packages into an alternative root directory (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/438, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11681).

• pam_limits - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11344).

• pamd - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).

• pamd - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11344).

• parted - add unit_preserve_case option to control the case of the unit field in the return value, fixing the round-trip use case where the returned unit is fed back as input (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1860, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11813).

• parted - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).

• parted - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11344).

• passwordstore lookup plugin - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).

• pear - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).

• pids - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• pids - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11097).

• pipx - small refactor, no behavior affected (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11640).

• pipx module utils - small refactor, no behavior affected (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11640).

• pipx_info - small refactor, no behavior affected (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11640).

• pmem - simplify text tests without using regular expression (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11388).

• portage - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11106).

• pritunl_org - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• pritunl_org_info - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• pritunl_user - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• pritunl_user_info - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• pubnub_blocks - minor code cleanup (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11879).

• pubnub_blocks - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11344).

• pulp_repo - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11344).

• pushbullet modules - replace % templating with f-strings or format() (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).

• read_csv - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• read_csv - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11344).

• redfish_command - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11110).

• redfish_command - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).

• redfish_config - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11110).

• redfish_config - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).

• redfish_info - add Redfish Root data to results of successful CheckAvailability command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11504).

• redfish_utils module utils - adds support of @Redfish.Settings in ComputerSystem attributes for set_boot_override function (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11297, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11322).

• redfish_utils module utils - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).

• redfish_utils module utils - minor code cleanup (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11908).

• redfish_utils module utils - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11112).

• redfish_utils module utils - use Python-defined constants for HTTP return codes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11561, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11573).

• redhat_subscription - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11106).

• redhat_subscription - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).

• redhat_subscription - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11344).

• redis cache plugin - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).

• redis lookup plugin - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).

• revbitspss lookup plugin - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).

• rhevm - consolidate double and triple whitespaces (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11029).

• rhevm - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11097).

• rhsm_repository - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11344).

• riak - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).

• rocketchat - minor code cleanup (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11908).

• rundeck module utils - improve handling the return value exception. It now contains the full stack trace of the exception, while the message is included in msg (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11149).

• rundeck module utils - use Python-defined constants for HTTP return codes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11561, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11573).

• runit - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11344).

• scaleway inventory plugin - added support for SCW_PROFILE environment variable for the scw_profile option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11310, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11311).

• scaleway inventory plugin - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).

• scaleway module utils - added scw_profile parameter with SCW_PROFILE environment variable support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11313, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11314).

• scaleway module utils - use Python-defined constants for HTTP return codes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11561).

• scaleway_ip - added project parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11367, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11368).

• scaleway_security_group - added project parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11364, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11366).

• scaleway_user_data modules - replace % templating with f-strings or format() (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).

• selinux_permissive - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• sensu_check - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• sensu_check - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11344).

• sensu_client - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11344).

• sensu_handler - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11344).

• sensu_silence - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).

• sensu_silence modules - replace % templating with f-strings or format() (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).

• sensu_subscription - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• sensu_subscription - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11102).

• sensu_subscription - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11344).

• seport - adds support for DCCP and SCTP protocols (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11486).

• seport - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11344).

• serverless - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11344).

• shelvefile lookup plugin - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).

• shutdown action plugin - add type hints (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11167).

• shutdown action plugin - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).

• slack - consolidate double and triple whitespaces (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11029).

• slack - minor code cleanup (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11908).

• slack - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).

• slackpkg - refactor function query_packages() (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11390).

• slackpkg - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).

• snap - add devmode option to support installing snaps in developer mode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11952, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8155).

• snap - add revision parameter to install a specific snap revision (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11467, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11984).

• snap - add support for system as a special configuration target, allowing snap set system to be used via the options parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11266, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12025).

• snap - improve templating of strings (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11189).

• snmp_facts - simplify and improve code using standard Ansible validations (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11148).

• solaris_zone - execute external commands using Ansible construct (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11192).

• solaris_zone - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).

• solaris_zone - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11344).

• sorcery - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11344).

• spectrum_model_attrs - convert % templating to f-string (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11229).

• spotinst_aws_elastigroup - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11344).

• ssh_config - add support for the AddressFamily option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11968).

• statusio_maintenance - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11102).

• sudoers - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• sudoers - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11344).

• supervisorctl - added an additional condition for generating the error ‘no such process’ (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11621, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11632).

• supervisorctl - when name=all, dispatch a single supervisorctl start/stop/restart all command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8159, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11953).

• svc - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).

• svc - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11344).

• svr4pkg - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).

• swupd - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).

• terraform - minor code cleanup (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11879).

• timestamp callback plugin - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11341).

• timezone - replace list(map(...)) constructs with Python comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11590).

• timezone - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11344).

• to_ini filter plugin - add no_extra_spaces parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8576, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12059).

• to_ini filter plugin - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).

• tss lookup plugin - fixed AccessTokenAuthorizer initialization to include base_url parameter for proper token authentication (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11031).

• tss lookup plugin - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).

• univention_umc module utils - update code to Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11122).

• univention_umc module utils - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11341).

• unsafe.py plugin utils - add type hints (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11167).

• urpmi - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).

• utm_aaa_group - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• utm_aaa_group_info - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• utm_ca_host_key_cert - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• utm_ca_host_key_cert_info - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• utm_dns_host - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• utm_network_interface_address - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• utm_network_interface_address_info - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• utm_proxy_auth_profile - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• utm_proxy_exception - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• utm_proxy_frontend - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• utm_proxy_frontend_info - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• utm_proxy_location - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• utm_proxy_location_info - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• utm_utils module utils - improve code by using native Python construct (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11215).

• utm_utils module utils - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11112).

• utm_utils module utils - use Python-defined constants for HTTP return codes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11561, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11573).

• vertica_configuration - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• vertica_configuration - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).

• vertica_info - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• vertica_role - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• vertica_role - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).

• vertica_schema - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• vertica_schema - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).

• vertica_schema - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11097).

• vertica_user - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• vertica_user - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).

• vertica_user - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11097).

• virtualbox inventory plugin - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).

• vmadm - in case of failure, the module no longer returns the stderr output as exception, but instead as stderr. Other information (stdout, rc) is now also returned (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11149).

• vmadm - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11102).

• wakeonlan - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

• wakeonlan - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11344).

• wdc_redfish_command - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11110).

• wdc_redfish_command - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).

• wdc_redfish_info - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11110).

• wdc_redfish_info - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).

• wsl connection plugin - add option wsl_remote_ssh_shell_type. Support PowerShell in addition to cmd as the Windows shell (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11307, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11308).

• wsl connection plugin - adjust variable name for integration tests (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11190).

• wsl connection plugin - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).

• wsl connection plugin - replace aliased errors with proper Python error (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11391).

• wsl connection plugin - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11341).

• wsl connection plugin - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).

• xbps - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).

• xbps - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).

• xcc_redfish_command - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).

• xcc_redfish_command - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11110).

• xcc_redfish_command - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).

• xenserver module utils - improve code by using native Python construct (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11215).

• xenserver module utils - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).

• xenserver_guest - use enumerate() instead of manual index variable in for loop (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11721).

• xenserver_guest modules - replace % templating with f-strings or format() (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).

• xfs_quota - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11344).

• xml - add create_if_missing option to control whether a node is created when value is set and xpath finds no match (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8730, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12031).

• xml - add huge_tree option to support processing of very large XML files (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4897, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11940).

• xml - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11106).

• xml - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).

• yaml cache plugin - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11341).

• yum_versionlock - remove redundant conversion to unicode in command output (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11093).

• zfs - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).

• zfs_facts - use Ansible construct to check result of external command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11054).

• zone connection plugin - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11341).

• zone connection plugin - use raise ... from ... when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).

• zypper - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11344).

• zypper_repository - update to Python 3.7 idioms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11344).

Breaking Changes / Porting Guide

• Since community.general 13.0.0, all module utils, plugin utils, and doc fragments contained in this collection are private to the collection. This means that if another collection wants to use these, there is no longer any guarantee that there are no breaking changes, even in bugfix releases. This has no practical impact on any other use of the collection, that is, everyone using modules or plugins from the collections will not notice any difference (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11312, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11896).

• The collection no longer supports ansible-core 2.17 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11906).

• all lookup plugins - if a keyword argument _terms is passed, the plugin rejects the call and tells the user to use positional arguments instead. _terms was never used, and is used in documentation as a placeholder for positional arguments (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12060).

• github_app_access_token lookup plugin - the plugin no longer accepts positional arguments. They were never used anyway (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12060).

• github_repo - the default for the force_defaults option changed from true to false (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11834).

• onepassword* lookup plugins - drop support for op version 1 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12061).

• random_pet lookup plugin - the plugin no longer accepts positional arguments. They were never used anyway (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12060).

• random_string lookup plugin - the plugin no longer accepts positional arguments. They were never used anyway (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12060).

• random_words lookup plugin - the plugin no longer accepts positional arguments. They were never used anyway (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12060).

• rocketchat - the default for the is_pre740 option changed from true to false (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11834).

Deprecated Features

• aix_devices - module is superseded by equivalent in ibm.power_aix collection. It will be removed from community.general 15.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11290, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11540).

• aix_filesystem - module is superseded by equivalent in ibm.power_aix collection. It will be removed from community.general 15.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11290, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11540).

• aix_inittab - module is superseded by equivalent in ibm.power_aix collection. It will be removed from community.general 15.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11290, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11540).

• aix_lvg - module is superseded by equivalent in ibm.power_aix collection. It will be removed from community.general 15.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11290, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11540).

• aix_lvol - module is superseded by equivalent in ibm.power_aix collection. It will be removed from community.general 15.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11290, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11540).

• datadog_monitor - the mute and unmute states are deprecated and will be removed in community.general 15.0.0; use the community.general.datadog_downtime module to manage monitor downtimes instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1535, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11988).

• dconf - deprecate fallback mechanism when gi.repository is not available; fallback will be removed in community.general 15.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11088).

• installp - deprecated and scheduled for removal in community.general 15.0.0. Use ibm.power_aix.installp instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11910).

• layman - ClearLinux was made EOL in July 2025.; the module will be removed from community.general 15.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11087).

• layman - Gentoo deprecated layman in mid-2023; the module will be removed from community.general 14.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11070).

• loganalytics callback plugin - is deprecated in favor of community.general.loganalytics_ingestion due to upcoming API changes in Azure Monitor (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11505).

• monit - support for Monit version 5.18 or older is deprecated and will be removed in community.general 14.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11254).

• pfexec become plugin - the default value of the wrap_exe option will change from false to true in community.general 14.0.0. The current default only works in very limited cases because pfexec does not interpret shell constructs internally. Set wrap_exe explicitly to silence the deprecation warning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11623).

• puppet - the timeout parameter is deprecated and will be removed in community.general 14.0.0. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11658).

Removed Features (previously deprecated)

• atomic_container - the module has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11834).

• atomic_host - the module has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11834).

• atomic_image - the module has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11834).

• catapult - the module has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11834).

• cloud module utils - the module utils has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11834).

• cpanm - the mode=compatibility is no longer available. Migrate to mode=new (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11834).

• database module utils - the module utils has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11834).

• dimensiondata - the doc fragment has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11834).

• dimensiondata module utils - the module utils has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11834).

• dimensiondata_network - the module has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11834).

• dimensiondata_vlan - the module has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11834).

• dimensiondata_wait - the doc fragment has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11834).

• django module utils - the deprecated database, noinput, dry_run, and check parameters for the Django runner have been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11834).

• hiera lookup plugin - the lookup has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11834).

• keycloak module utils - the deprecated KeycloakAPI.add_user_in_group() method has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11834).

• known_hosts module utils - the module utils has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11834).

• locale_gen - support for the ubuntu_legacy mechanism has been removed. Only the glibc mechanism is supported by the module anymore (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11834).

• oci_vcn - the module has been removed. Use oracle.oci.oci_network_vcn instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11834).

• oneandone module utils - the module utils has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11834).

• oneandone_firewall_policy - the module has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11834).

• oneandone_load_balancer - the module has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11834).

• oneandone_monitoring_policy - the module has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11834).

• oneandone_private_network - the module has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11834).

• oneandone_public_ip - the module has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11834).

• oneandone_server - the module has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11834).

• oracle - the doc fragment has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11834).

• oracle.oci_utils module utils - the module utils has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11834).

• oracle_creatable_resource - the doc fragment has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11834).

• oracle_display_name_option - the doc fragment has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11834).

• oracle_name_option - the doc fragment has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11834).

• oracle_tags - the doc fragment has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11834).

• oracle_wait_options - the doc fragment has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11834).

• pipx module utils - the deprecated make_process_list() function has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11834).

• pushbullet - the module has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11834).

• saslprep module utils - the module utils has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11834).

• sensu_check - the module has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11834).

• sensu_client - the module has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11834).

• sensu_handler - the module has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11834).

• sensu_silence - the module has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11834).

• sensu_subscription - the module has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11834).

• spotinst_aws_elastigroup - the module has been removed. Use spot.cloud_modules.aws_elastigroup instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11834).

• typetalk - the module has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11834).

Bugfixes

• _filelock module utils - add type hints. Fix bug if set_lock() is called with lock_timeout=None (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11222).

• _filelock module utils - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• aerospike_migrations - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• aix_filesystem - remove compatibility code for ancient Python versions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11232).

• aix_lvol - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• ali_instance - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• ali_instance - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• ali_instance_info - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• alternatives - normalize locale environment for run_command() calls to LANGUAGE=C, LC_ALL=C (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11738).

• ansible_type plugin utils - avoid potential concatenation of non-strings when alias has non-string values (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11167).

• ansible_type test plugin - fix parameter checking (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11167).

• apache2_module - ensure LANGUAGE=C and LC_ALL=C are set when running commands that parse output (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11768).

• apk - fix packages return value for apk-tools >= 3 (Alpine 3.23) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11264).

• apk - normalize locale environment for run_command() calls to LANGUAGE=C, LC_ALL=C (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11738).

• apt_repo - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11782).

• apt_rpm - do not fail when update_kernel finds no new kernel available (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10055, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11949).

• apt_rpm - fix upgrade of local RPM not present in repository (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9161, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12039).

• apt_rpm - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• apt_rpm - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• apt_rpm - normalize locale environment for run_command() calls to LANGUAGE=C, LC_ALL=C (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11738).

• awall - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11784).

• beadm - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11780).

• bower - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11783).

• btrfs module utils - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• btrfs module utils - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• btrfs module_utils - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL environment variables to C in all run_command() calls (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11787).

• btrfs_subvolume - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• btrfs_subvolume - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• bundler - replace deprecated --deployment, --without, --path, --clean, and --binstubs flags with BUNDLE_* environment variables, fixing compatibility with Bundler 4 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4583, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11380, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12024).

• bundler - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11783).

• bzr - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11785).

• capabilities - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11779).

• cargo - fix state=latest always reporting changed due to greedy regex capturing description text instead of version string (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8949, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12064).

• cargo - normalize locale environment for run_command() calls to LANGUAGE=C, LC_ALL=C (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11738).

• chef_databag lookup plugin - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• cloudflare_dns - also allow flag=128 for CAA records (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11355, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11377).

• cobbler_system - compare the version as a float which is the type returned by the Cobbler API (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11044).

• cobbler_system - fix KeyError when adding a new interface to an existing system that does not yet have it defined (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7007, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11995).

• composer - ensure LANGUAGE=C and LC_ALL=C are set when running commands that parse output (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11768).

• consul - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• consul_kv lookup plugin - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• counter_enabled callback plugin - fix plugin not observing display_ok_hosts option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3978, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11656).

• cronvar - ensure LANGUAGE=C and LC_ALL=C are set when running commands that parse output (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11773).

• cronvar - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• crypttab - fix parsing of options whose value contains an equal sign (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4963, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11926).

• datadog_downtime - fix TypeError when returning API response with datadog-api-client >= 2.28.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9079, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12019).

• datetime module utils - fix bug in fromtimestamp() that caused the function to crash. This function is not used in community.general (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11206).

• dconf - ensure LANGUAGE=C and LC_ALL=C are set when running commands that parse output (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11765).

• discord - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• dnf_versionlock - ensure LANGUAGE=C and LC_ALL=C are set when running commands that parse output (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11773).

• dnf_versionlock - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• dnsmadeeasy - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• dpkg_divert - ensure LANGUAGE=C and LC_ALL=C are set when running commands that parse output (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11773).

• dpkg_divert - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• easy_install - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11782).

• elastic callback plugin - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• etcd3 lookup plugin - improve HTTPS endpoint handling by stripping URL schemes from the host option and warning when ca_cert is not provided for HTTPS endpoints (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1664, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11861).

• facter_facts - ensure LANGUAGE=C and LC_ALL=C are set when running commands that parse output (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11768).

• filesystem - avoid false positive change detection on XFS resize due to unusable slack space (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11033).

• filesystem - normalize locale environment for run_command() calls to LANGUAGE=C, LC_ALL=C (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11738).

• flatpak - fix removal of runtimes, which was broken because the module was filtering the installed flatpak list to apps only, so runtimes could never be matched for uninstallation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/553, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11688).

• flatpak - fix reporting changed on already present flatpaks with a dash in the last part of the ID (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/12062, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12063).

• flatpak - support new output message when an update resulted in no action that appears on Fedora 44 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11836).

• flatpak_remote - ensure LANGUAGE=C and LC_ALL=C are set when running commands that parse output (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11773).

• gem - add compatibility with Ruby 4 rubygems (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11397, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11442).

• git_config - normalize locale environment for run_command() calls to LANGUAGE=C, LC_ALL=C (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11738).

• git_config_info - normalize locale environment for run_command() calls to LANGUAGE=C, LC_ALL=C (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11738).

• gitlab module utils - add type hints. Pass API version to python-gitlab as string and not as integer (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11222).

• gitlab module utils - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• gitlab_branch - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• gitlab_group_members - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• gitlab_hook - now properly passes the releases_events parameter to the GitLab API on hook creation, fixing a 500 Internal Server Error when the parameter was not specified (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11269, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11917).

• gitlab_issue - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• gitlab_merge_request - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• gitlab_project - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• gitlab_project_members - fail with a clear error when multiple projects match the given name, instead of silently operating on the first result (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2767, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11851).

• gitlab_project_members - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• gitlab_project_variable - use find_project() from module utils for project lookup, consistent with all other GitLab modules in the collection (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3157, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11878).

• gitlab_protected_branch - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• gitlab_user - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• haproxy - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• hg - ensure LANGUAGE=C and LC_ALL=C are set when running commands that parse output (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11773).

• homebrew - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• homebrew - normalize locale environment for run_command() calls to LANGUAGE=C, LC_ALL=C (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11740).

• homebrew_cask - fix sudo_password failing when the password contains single quotes or other special shell characters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4957, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11850).

• homebrew_cask - fix failure when brew --version returns a placeholder version string (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4708, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11849).

• homebrew_cask - fix false task failure when upgrading casks with version=latest; the post-upgrade check incorrectly re-ran brew outdated (which always lists latest casks as outdated under --greedy), now uses the command exit code instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1647, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11838).

• homebrew_cask - normalize locale environment for run_command() calls to LANGUAGE=C, LC_ALL=C (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11740).

• homebrew_service - slightly refactor code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11168).

• homebrew_services - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• homebrew_tap - fix None being passed as a command argument when adding a tap without a URL (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11848).

• homectl - allow to use passlib instead of legacycrypt for Python 3.13+ (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11860).

• homectl - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11774).

• hpilo_boot - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• icinga2_feature - normalize locale environment for run_command() calls to LANGUAGE=C, LC_ALL=C (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11740).

• imgadm - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11781).

• incus connection plugin - fix parsing of commands for Windows, enforcing a \ after the drive letter and colon symbol (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11347).

• incus connection plugin - work when the active become plugin sets require_tty instead of failing silently (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11771).

• infinity - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• ini_file - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• interfaces_file - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• ip_netns - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11779).

• ipa module utils - fix failure to detect errors reported in the failed field of the IPA API response, which is returned with HTTP 200 on partial or full failures in member add/remove operations (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1239, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11698).

• ipa_dnsrecord - fix errors when module is used with existing record with default TTL (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11717).

• ipa_dnsrecord - fix idempotency bug when using dnsttl due to wrong Python types (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11559).

• ipa_group - fix idempotency when external: false on an existing non-external group (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5061, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11933).

• ipa_group - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• ipa_host - fix logic to disable existing hosts (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11483, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11487).

• ipa_otptoken - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• ipa_vault - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• ipinfoio_facts - fix handling of HTTP errors consulting the service (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11145).

• ipmi_boot - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• iptables_state - normalize locale environment for run_command() calls to LANGUAGE=C, LC_ALL=C (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11740).

• iptables_state - refactor code to avoid writing unnecessary temporary files (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11258).

• iso_extract - retry umount up to 5 times preventing OSError on cleanup (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5333, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11837).

• iso_extract - strip leading path separator from file entries so files with a leading / are extracted correctly (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5283, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11825).

• java_cert - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11774).

• java_keystore - normalize locale environment for run_command() calls to LANGUAGE=C, LC_ALL=C (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11740).

• jenkins_build - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• jenkins_build_info - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• jenkins_credential - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• jenkins_plugin - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• jenkins_plugin - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• json_patch filter plugin - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• kea_command - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• keycloak module utils - fix TypeError crash when managing users whose username or email contains special characters such as + (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10305, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11472).

• keycloak module utils - use proper URL encoding (urllib.parse.quote) for query parameters in authorization permission name searches, replacing fragile manual space replacement (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11472).

• keycloak_authentication - fix TypeError crash when a flow is defined without authenticationExecutions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11547, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11548).

• keycloak_authz_permission - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• keycloak_client - fix idempotency bug caused by null client attribute value differences for non-existing client attributes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11443, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11444).

• keycloak_client - fix idempotency bug caused by null flow overrides value differences for non-existing flow overrides (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11430, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11455).

• keycloak_client - remove IDs as change from diff result for protocol mappers (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11453, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11454).

• keycloak_clientscope_type - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• keycloak_component - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• keycloak_realm - fixed crash in sanitize_cr() when realmrep was None (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11260).

• keycloak_realm_key - fix KeyError crash when managing realm keys where Keycloak does not return active, enabled, or algorithm fields in the config response (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11459, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11470).

• keycloak_realm_key - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• keycloak_user_execute_actions_email - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• keycloak_user_federation - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• keycloak_user_federation - mapper config item can be an array (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11502, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11515).

• keycloak_user_rolemapping - fix TypeError crash when adding a client role to a user who has no existing roles for that client (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10960, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11471).

• keycloak_user_rolemapping module - fixed crash when assigning roles to users without an existing role (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10960, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11256).

• keycloak_userprofile - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• keyring - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11774).

• keyring_info - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11786).

• keys_filter.py plugin utils - fixed requirements check so that other sequences than lists and strings are checked, and corrected broken formatting during error reporting (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11167).

• kibana_plugin - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11783).

• known_hosts module utils - ensure LANGUAGE=C and LC_ALL=C are set when running commands that parse output (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11768).

• launchd - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• launchd - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11774).

• lbu - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11781).

• ldap_attrs - fix state=exact incorrectly issuing MOD_ADD instead of MOD_REPLACE for attributes returned by the server with different casing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1624, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11990).

• linode inventory plugin - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• listen_ports_facts - fix handling of empty PID lists when command=ss (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11332).

• listen_ports_facts - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• listen_ports_facts - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• listen_ports_facts - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11774).

• lldp - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11785).

• locale_gen - add missing locale entries to /etc/locale.gen when not already present (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2399, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11824).

• logentries callback plugin - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• logrotate - adds missing default values for state and config_dir parameters, and adds required_by declarations for shred and compression parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11764).

• logrotate - fixes TypeError when shred_cycles is None and corrects enabled=None handling in get_config_path() (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11764).

• logrotate - writes configuration files to a temporary file first and validates before atomically moving to the destination, and properly wraps all os.remove() and atomic_move() calls in error handling (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11764).

• logstash_plugin - fix argument order when using version parameter. The plugin name must come after options like --version for the logstash-plugin CLI to work correctly (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10745, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11440).

• logstash_plugin - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11775).

• logstash_plugin - use http_proxy/https_proxy environment variables for proxy support instead of broken JVM flags; expose stderr on failure (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8650, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11951).

• lvg - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11775).

• lvol - fix LVM version parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5445, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11823).

• lvol - fix thin-pool creation when size is a percentage (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11923, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11925).

• lvol - normalize locale environment for run_command() calls to LANGUAGE=C, LC_ALL=C (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11740).

• lxc_container - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• lxc_container - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11779).

• lxd_container - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• machinectl become plugin - prevent printing ANSI terminal color sequences (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11771).

• macports - ensure LANGUAGE=C and LC_ALL=C are set when running commands that parse output (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11768).

• manageiq_alert_profiles - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• manageiq_provider - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• manageiq_tenant - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• mas - parse CLI output correctly when listing installed apps with mas 3.0.0+ (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11179).

• mas - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11775).

• matrix - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• maven_artifact - fix SNAPSHOT version resolution to pick the newest matching <snapshotVersion> entry by <updated> timestamp instead of the first. Repositories like GitHub Packages keep all historical entries in <snapshotVersions> (oldest first), causing the module to resolve to the oldest snapshot instead of the latest (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5117, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11489, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11501).

• maven_artifact - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• memset_memstore_info - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• memset_server_info - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• memset_zone - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• modprobe - ensure LANGUAGE=C and LC_ALL=C are set when running commands that parse output (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11768).

• module_helper module utils - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• monit - add delay of 0.5 seconds after state change and check for status (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11255).

• monit - ensure LANGUAGE=C and LC_ALL=C are set when running commands that parse output (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11768).

• monit - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• monit - internal state was not reflecting when operation is “pending” in monit (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11245).

• mssql_db - fail with a clear error message when a named instance (server\instance format) is used together with login_port, since these are mutually exclusive connection methods (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5693, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11664).

• mssql_script - fail with a clear error message when a named instance (server\instance format) is used together with login_port, since these are mutually exclusive connection methods (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5693, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11664).

• mssql_script - only passes params to cursor.execute() when the user actually provides them (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11699, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11754).

• netcup_dns - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• nictagadm - add a condition to the if statement so that is_valid_mac() does not get called if etherstub is false (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11589).

• nmcli - add missing ipv6.routing-rules to settings_type() list type, preventing routing_rules6 list from being corrupted (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11630, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11635).

• nmcli - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• nmcli - use get_best_parsable_locale() to set locale environment for run_command() calls, fixing UTF-8 connection names being corrupted to ???? under LC_ALL=C (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10384, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11742).

• nomad_job - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• nosh - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• npm - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• nsupdate - fix GSS-TSIG support (accidentally broken by https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11461, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11712)

• nsupdate - fix AttributeError when using the module without TSIG authentication (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11460, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11461).

• odbc - fetch rows before committing to fix HY010 function sequence error (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5395, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11972).

• odbc - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• ohai - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11785).

• one_host - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• one_image - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• one_service - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• one_template - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• one_vm - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• one_vm - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• one_vnet - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• oneandone module utils - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• onepassword_info - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• onepassword_info - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11786).

• online inventory plugin - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• open_iscsi - ensure LANGUAGE=C and LC_ALL=C are set when running commands that parse output (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11768).

• open_iscsi - fix IPv6 portal address formatting; iscsiadm requires bracket notation for IPv6 addresses but the module was producing an incorrect format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4467, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11657).

• openbsd_pkg - ensure LANGUAGE=C and LC_ALL=C are set when running commands that parse output (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11767).

• opendj_backendprop - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• opennebula module utils - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• opentelemetry callback plugin - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• opentelemetry callback plugin - set span start to the actual start time of the task for the given host instead of the task start time for the first host of that task (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11434).

• openwrt_init - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11784).

• osx_defaults - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11775).

• ovh_monthly_billing - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• pacemaker_resource, pacemaker_stonith - fix resource and stonith creation race condition by polling PCS status (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11574, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11750).

• pacman - normalize locale environment for run_command() calls to LANGUAGE=C, LC_ALL=C (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11740).

• pacman_key - ensure LANGUAGE=C and LC_ALL=C are set when running commands that parse output (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11768).

• pam_limits - only create backup file when the target file is actually modified (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/12011, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12014).

• pam_limits - remove % templating no longer used in f-string (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11229).

• pamd - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• parted - normalize locale environment for run_command() calls to LANGUAGE=C, LC_ALL=C (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11740).

• pear - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11782).

• pfexec become plugin - fix default become_flags from -H -S -n (sudo flags) to empty string, as pfexec does not accept these options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11623).

• pip_package_info - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11784).

• pkg5 - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11780).

• pkg5_publisher - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11780).

• pkgin - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• pkgin - normalize locale environment for run_command() calls to LANGUAGE=C, LC_ALL=C (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11741).

• pkgng - ensure LANGUAGE=C and LC_ALL=C are set when running commands that parse output (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11765).

• pkgutil - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11775).

• pmem - fix test for invalid data input (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11388).

• pnpm - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11776).

• portage - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11781).

• portinstall - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• portinstall - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11781).

• pulp_repo - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• puppet - fix TypeError when writing facts data (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7932, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11954).

• python_requirements_info - use importlib.metadata if pkg_resources from setuptools cannot be imported. That module has been removed from setuptools 82.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11491, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11492).

• redfish_utils module utils - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• redhat_subscription - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• redhat_subscription - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• redhat_subscription - normalize locale environment for run_command() calls to LANGUAGE=C, LC_ALL=C (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11741).

• redis_data_incr - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• rhevm - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• rhsm_release - ensure LANGUAGE=C and LC_ALL=C are set when running commands that parse output (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11768).

• rhsm_repository - normalize locale environment for run_command() calls to LANGUAGE=C, LC_ALL=C (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11741).

• riak - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11786).

• rpm_ostree_pkg - ensure LANGUAGE=C and LC_ALL=C are set when running commands that parse output (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11768).

• run0 become plugin - mark the plugin as incompatible with connection pipelining (see https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81254, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11771).

• run0 become plugin - prevent printing ANSI terminal color sequences (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11771).

• runit - normalize locale environment for run_command() calls to LANGUAGE=C, LC_ALL=C (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11741).

• scaleway module utils - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• scaleway_image_info, scaleway_ip_info, scaleway_organization_info, scaleway_security_group_info, scaleway_server_info, scaleway_snapshot_info, scaleway_volume_info - fix NoneType error when the Scaleway API returns an empty or non-JSON response body (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11361, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11918).

• scaleway_sshkey - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• sefcontext - flush the in-process matchpathcon cache after applying changes, so subsequent tasks running in the same process (for example via the Mitogen connection plugin) see the updated SELinux file context rules instead of stale cached data (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/888, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11812).

• selective callback plugin - align host names in stats output by padding to the longest name (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8797, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12065).

• selective callback plugin - route all output through self._display.display() instead of bare print() calls, fixing missing output when ANSIBLE_LOG_PATH is set (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4850, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11927).

• sensu_check - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• seport - fix idempotency when a requested port is already covered by an existing range registered for the same setype (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10105, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11994).

• simpleinit_msb - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• smartos_image_info - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11781).

• snmp_facts - the module now also supports pysnmp >= 7.1 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8852, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11683).

• sorcery - ensure LANGUAGE=C and LC_ALL=C are set when running commands that parse output (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11767).

• sorcery - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• spectrum_model_attrs - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• splunk callback plugin - replace deprecated callback function (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11485).

• spotinst_aws_elastigroup - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• supervisorctl - normalize locale environment for run_command() calls to LANGUAGE=C, LC_ALL=C (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11741).

• svc - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• svc - normalize locale environment for run_command() calls to LANGUAGE=C, LC_ALL=C (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11741).

• swdepot - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11780).

• syslog_json callback plugin - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• syspatch - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11781).

• sysrc - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11776).

• sysupgrade - ensure LANGUAGE=C and LC_ALL=C are set when running commands that parse output (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11768).

• telegram - added the api_host parameter to fix connectivity with self-hosted proxies and custom API endpoints (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12040).

• terraform - ensure LANGUAGE=C and LC_ALL=C are set when running commands that parse output (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11765).

• terraform - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• timestamp callback plugin - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• timezone - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• timezone - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11776).

• to_* time filter plugins - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• to_prettytable filter plugin - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• udm_user - allow to use passlib instead of legacycrypt for Python 3.13+ (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4690, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11860).

• udm_user - fix alias-to-canonical parameter name mismatch that caused all camelCase-aliased parameters such as display_name and primary_group to be silently ignored (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2950, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3691, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11859).

• ufw - normalize locale environment for run_command() calls to LANGUAGE=C, LC_ALL=C (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11741).

• vmadm - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• wsl connection plugin - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• wsl connection plugin - rename variable to fix type checking (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11030).

• xattr - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11776).

• xbps - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11781).

• xcc_redfish_command - fix templating of dictionary keys as list (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11144).

• xen_orchestra inventory plugin - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• xenserver module utils - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• xenserver_guest - fix an issue where booting from ISO is not possible because CD-ROM device is placed in position above number 3. Position number 3 is now reserved for CD-ROM device and cannot be occupied by a disk (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11624, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11702).

• xenserver_guest - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• xenserver_guest - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• xfconf - representation of boolean properties was not consistent between Python and xfconf-query, leading to broken idempotency (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11645).

• xfs_quota - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• xml - emit an error when value is not a string, pointing to the offending xpath (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7171, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11959).

• xml - fix print_match not populating the matches return value (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9125, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12013).

• xml - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

• yarn - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11776).

• yarn - skip Node.js runtime warning lines (starting with (node:) in stderr before JSON parsing, fixing failures with Node.js 24 which emits DeprecationWarning to stderr. The warnings are passed on to the user (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11943).

• yum_versionlock - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11777).

• zfs - mark change correctly when updating properties whose current value differs, even if they already have a non-default value (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11019, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11172).

• zfs - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11778).

• zfs_delegate_admin - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11778).

• zfs_facts - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11778).

• zpool_facts - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11778).

• zypper - normalize locale environment for run_command() calls to LANGUAGE=C, LC_ALL=C (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11741).

• zypper_repository - allow unreachable .repo URLs and missing local paths when using state=absent (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5769, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11947).

• zypper_repository - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

• zypper_repository - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11777).

• zypper_repository_info - set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to C in run_command() calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11782).

New Plugins

Callback

• community.general.loganalytics_ingestion - Posts task results to an Azure Log Analytics workspace using the new Logs Ingestion API.

Filter

• community.general.to_toml - Convert variable to TOML string.

New Modules

• community.general.file_remove - Remove files matching a pattern from a directory.

• community.general.github_secrets - Manage GitHub repository or organization secrets.

• community.general.github_secrets_info - List GitHub repository or organization secrets.

• community.general.icinga2_downtime - Manages Icinga 2 downtimes.

• community.general.ip2location_info - Retrieve IP geolocation information of a host’s IP address.

• community.general.keycloak_authentication_v2 - Configure authentication flows in Keycloak in an idempotent and safe manner.

• community.general.keycloak_realm_localization - Allows management of Keycloak realm localization overrides via the Keycloak API.

• community.general.logrotate - Manage logrotate configurations.

• community.general.lxd_storage_pool_info - Retrieve information about LXD storage pools.

• community.general.lxd_storage_volume_info - Retrieve information about LXD storage volumes.

• community.general.snap_connect - Manages snap interface connections.

• community.general.sssd_info - Check SSSD domain status using D-Bus.

• community.general.uv_python - Manage Python versions and installations using the uv Python package manager.